Scientific Advisor

**Working with Us**
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

[DRAFT, based on JD]

**Position Objective**

Scientific Advisors embody our medical mission in becoming a trusted, agile partner who engages in influential dialogue and delivers timely, high impact data and insights that advance the science or accelerate access, shape medical practice and drive appropriate adoption of BMS medicines. The Scientific Advisor role is a blend of field-based and office-based time; the proportion depending on the life cycle for the compound/therapeutic area of responsibility. It is anticipated that a scientific advisor fulfilling their internal and external duties will spend a minimum of 30-40 percent of their time in the field with external customers. SAs will perform their activities in an ethical and compliant manner, in adherence with all BMS policies and external laws and regulations.

**Position Responsibilities**

**A. Field Activities**:
1. Scientific Exchange with Thought Leaders
- Proactively and/or reactively interact with healthcare providers, as appropriate, through face-to-face meetings and other available means of communication, by focusing on activities described in Medical plans, in alignment with the customer-centric model and overall therapeutic area/brand strategies.
- Develop and maintain contacts with Thought Leaders, in accordance with the strategy to further understand and gain both insight and/or input into treatment patterns, unmet medical needs, patient needs and behaviors
- Ensure appropriate response to unsolicited scientific questions or requests posed by Health Care Providers for approved products (in and off label), and for products in development
- Contribute to involvement of Thought Leaders, as required and as appropriate, in BMS-sponsored studies and other scientific activities.

2. Collect and communicate Field Medical Insights
- Collect and provide meaningful medical insights back to the medical and commercial organizations to be actioned in support of the strategy development.
- Profiling of medical landscape within the Disease Area and continuously update this knowledge, including expertise in products, patient treatment trends, unmet medical needs, clinical trials and scientific activities.
- Ensure awareness of current Patient Outcome Imperatives and proactively contribute insights gained from healthcare provider interactions to relevant internal stakeholders.

3. Provide Medical Services to External Customers
- Liaise appropriately and effectively with the Medical Information department to develop a systematic follow up interaction plan with Health Care Providers to ensure customer satisfaction with the information received in response to their unsolicited scientific questions or requests; and is prepared to discuss these responses and/or expand on the content upon the HCP's request.
- Exhibit a high degree of familiarity with, and proficiency in, centrally developed scientific resources and presentations. Present information to HCPs, as appropriate, ensuring medical accuracy and compliance with local procedures/regulation, ethical, and legal guidelines.
- Key facilitator during formal Speaker Training meetings, and/or through regular one-to-one education, ensuring speakers are skilled on the latest approved resources.

4. Provide clinical trial support
- Lead the identification, at an early stage, of potential opportunities for country participation in clinical development programs. Lead early mapping of centers of excellence, treatment trends and recruitment potential in untapped therapeutic areas /with new compounds.
- Contribute to the 'early prioritization' of development programs for the country by integrating data on disease incidence / prevalence, treatment patterns, unmet medical needs and interest from the scientific community.
- Participate actively in providing input to the RCO Hub on trial and survey feasibility and site suitability, based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators.
- Facilitate clinical trial activities between BMS and investigators for both BMS sponsored (interventional and non-interventional) and Investigator sponsored trials).
- Provides support to the Clinical Site Manager, as requested and as per Scope document, for site support activities relating to the conduct of a BMS sponsored clinical trial.
- Ensure that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied